Multiple Hosts using same TL2000
I'm looking at consolidating our backup using the TL2000 but there are a few things I'm still unclear about, so here are my questions:a) Is it possible to connect two hosts to utilize the same TL2000...
View ArticleDELL PV132T with 2 SDLT drives
I have a client who has issues with a powervault 132T containing 2 SDLT tape drives with 5252 firmware applied. Tape drive 2 wont perform backups despite being able to run an inventory. I have replaced...
View ArticleReplaced SAS5e card on host connected to MD3000
Hi All,Hopefully I'm explaining this correctly. PE server connected to a MD3000+MD1000 which has worked fine for years. The SAS5e card went bad on the PE host. Replaced that card. I can see the MD...
View ArticleRD1000 question
I have a client using BE 2010 SP3 and the tape gets stuck at times. The fix right now is to stop the rdxmon service and right click on it in explorer and eject it from there ignoring erros. The...
View ArticleReplace H700 with LSI
Hi,Can I replace my H700 in my R510 with a LSI RAID card?I need an Internal and External connector.We have a R510 (H700 RAID card) and will be purchasing a MD1200 (H800), and we'd like to utilize the...
View ArticleExpected battery life in md32 controllers BBU
HiI need to know what is the mean time to replacement for the BBU in MD3220 SAS or 3200i. Regards.
View ArticleMD3000i error 1008
hi,i've a MD3000i storage with 8 disk and 2 raid module. the md3000i, and the only server, is connect in the switch (one switch for public and one for private).the creation of the array works without...
View ArticleDrive fail in PowerVault MD1220 with PERC controller RAID 5
I am sure of the answer but just want to double check. We have had a bad drive in a MD1220 for a while butfor some reason it never got replaced. Now we have a hard failure in that upon reboot of the...
View ArticleMD3660i - Virtual Disks not on preferred path.
Hi,I have an MD3660i and am experiencing the titled issue.I have contacted Dell Support twice, the first time the error seemed to be that I had a simplex NVSRAM, installed the duplex, no fix, the...
View ArticlePowerVault MD3620F: Change RAID Levels Error 84 Not Even Free Capacity
Hi Everyone,I can't find the search button so if this has already been answer I apologize. I'm trying to convert a Disk Group on my MD3620F from RAID6 to RAID10 to get better IOPS performance but every...
View ArticleUnable to Manage PowerVault MD3600f
I've been put into a rather difficult scenario. Our former admin in charge of storage recently quit with no notice. We'll say he wasn't the best at documentation. I'm now trying to reverse engineer...
View ArticleAdding new MD1200 to existing storage array without powering off host (r815)
Hello, we have an existing storage solution (Using Centos 6.4 with glusterFS) consisting of a Powervault MD1200 connected to a PowerEdge 815 host (using PERC H800). We've purchased a brand new MD1200...
View ArticleMD1000 multiple failed drives in short time
HiI have an MD1000 expansion enclosure that is filled with 2TB NL-SAS disks. We seem to be having a large amount of impending physical disk failures being reported. We had 2 last month and now another...
View ArticleCannot edit the iscsi ports configuration on MD3620i
Hi,I would like to edit the Jumbo frames option on the iscsi ports and when I click on Modify iScsi Ports under MDSM nothing happens...I can edit without problem the management ports but not the iscsi...
View ArticleMD3000 disk not certified
Hi,we have Dell Powervault MD 3000 with 2 disks failed in RAID 5 array , we check the compatibility matrix and we order disk ST31000524NS from local vendor , however when we replace the failed disks we...
View ArticleUnable to change Host Groups asociations
Hi:I'm setting up a two node cluster with two Dell servers and one MD3200 with dual controllers. Each server has two SAS HBAs, each one of them connected to each one of the SAN controllers for...
View Articlemd3000i controller problems after new battery installed
We installed a new battery in our raid controller and it went fine but ~ 15 minutes afterwards started giving us errors. Now it has failed and will not finish booting up at all and we unseated it....
View ArticleMDSM loses communication to MD3000 when new disk inserted
I've got a MD3000/MD1000 array attached to my Dell PE R805 running Win2008 R2 SP1. I've made sure all firmware and drivers have been updated to the latest version (I'm in the process of setting up a...
View ArticleMD3000i Server 2012 connection issues
I have tried to connect to our MD3000i with server 2012 with and without the Dell software. Actually they connect but I can't see the disk in diskpart on one server, the SAN see's the 2012 box as...
View Articlepower vault nf600
Hello All,I am having a NAS with power vault nf600 server.I am using a Raid 5 configuration with 1TB SAS hardisk (Six 1TB SAS disks + One 1TB SAS dedicated hot spare).One of my disk in position 3 is...
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